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Trump urges Salman to find solution to standoff with Qatar

YemenExtra US President Donald Trump has called on Saudi King Salman and “all the parties in the Qatar dispute” to find a diplomatic solution to the regional standoff, according to the White House. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, and…

Rohingyas flee crackdown in Myanmar in thousands

YemenExtra A government crackdown in Myanmar has forced nearly 19,000 members of Myanmar’s minority Rohingya Muslim community to flee to neighboring Bangladesh in less than a week. “As of last night, 18,500 people have come across” from…

At least 14 arrested in California

YemenExtra Police have arrested at least 14 people and reportedly deployed tear gas as demonstrators from the Left and Right of the political spectrum held rallies in Berkeley, California. Most of the suspected offenders were arrested…

Tillerson : Trump speaks for himself

Questioned about Donald Trump’s controversial response to terrorism by a neo-Nazi sympathizer in Charlottesville, Virginia, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the president “speaks for himself.” The former ExxonMobil CEO…

13 killed in a bombing attack in Afghanistan

At least 13 people have been killed and several more injured in a Taliban bombing attack on a convoy of troops in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. “A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-filled car as the Afghan National Army convoy…

Pakistan ‘postpones’ visit by senior US official

Pakistan has had a visit by a senior US official to the country postponed amid high anti-American sentiment in the country following controversial remarks made by US President Donald Trump. The Pakistani Foreign Ministry and the US…